It is obvious that today’s conditions, in which there is not yet a revolutionary socialist movement organised on a class basis and which is a centre of attraction with the power it derives from this, allow fascism to gain strength in a much more advantageous way. As the left sinks into identity politics instead of class politics, the working class is dragged behind bourgeois politics instead of turning to class politics. Ultimately, the failure to strengthen a socialist alternative based on the working class leads to the strengthening of nationalism instead of internationalism, of fascism instead of revolution. The way to fight fascism is clear: strengthen the revolutionary organisation and struggle of the working class! Otherwise it will not be possible to prevent history from repeating itself.

For the success of the working class struggle the unity of two fundamental elements, namely the Marxist world view and the militant action of the working class, is essential. This unity has been profoundly shattered by the unfavourable conditions which began with the retreat of the revolutionary wave in Western Europe and which, especially after World War II, were characterised both by the dominance of Stalinism and by the resurgence of the capitalist system. Deprived for a long time of the revolutionary action of the working class, the “theory” degenerated and broke away from its true Marxist roots. Thus, a current of pseudo-Marxism, a direct product of these conditions of defeat, began to spread from the university chairs, especially in the Western European countries.

It is the globalised proletariat, not the “popular alliances” dominated by the petty-bourgeoisie, that is ringing the danger bells of the globalising capitalist order of exploitation. Our aim in this book is to clarify the reality of the working class in various aspects under the shining scientific light of Marxism. The plain truth revealed by this study, which is carried out on the basis of the analyses of Marxist theory without being deceived by the distortions of bourgeois statistics and without drowning the reader in figures, is this: The working class is growing, in spite of those who want to say goodbye to it or try to downplay it.

Capitalism’s law of uneven and combined development accelerates the globalisation of capital and formation of large economic unions, while at the same time producing even greater inequality and fierce competition. It is clear that the tendency towards unity, which is rooted in economic base, is doomed to be in conflict with the tendency towards competition, which is also rooted in the same source. As a matter of fact, today’s developments find their expression in the efforts of the great capitalist powers to expand their economic dominance, in their ambition to secure a superior position in the spheres of influence of rival powers and to create new spheres of influence. Imperialism has never brought a period of peace to the world, nor will it ever do so. The aggressive face of global capitalism is revealed in historical episodes when the given balances in the world are upset and serious crises of hegemony are experienced. Capitalism cannot move forward without resorting to imperialist wars of various types in order to redivide spheres of influence in the world, prevent the rise of rival powers or weaken their power.

In the name of the left, some people fall into the mistake of describing Iran as justified and legitimate because “it opposes Zionist Israel”. One can even be tempted by their description of themselves as the "axis of resistance". However, there is an imperialist war going on and all capitalist states, big and small, participating in this war are accomplices to this crime; they are all enemies both of the workers in their own countries and of the world working class. It is incompatible with Marxism to sympathise with any of the imperialist-capitalist blocs in this war and to make the working people partners of this sympathy. The working class can be neither on the side of American and British imperialism, which has unleashed Zionist Israel on the peoples of the Middle East, nor on the side of China, Russia, Iran, etc. at the other imperialist pole. Both the NATO alliance of the West, the Russian-Chinese bloc, Zionist Israel and the Mullah regime in Iran must be overthrown! The only force that can overthrow them in the interests of humanity is the world working class.

Before the 2023 May elections, the bourgeois opposition forces, who promised to put an end to this regime and bring good days, do not go one step further than pacifying the labourers and supplying blood to the regime with the policy they follow. They are accomplices in the descent of fascism on society like a black smoke. The recent experiences show once again that the working class has no choice but to rely on its own strength and struggle. Only the organised movement of the working class can disperse this smoke. That is what needs to be built up.

The Israeli state’s attacks against the Palestinian people are relentless and the massacres in Gaza are unceasing. The Zionist war machine not only condemns the Palestinians to hunger and poverty with the unrestrained siege it has established, but also squeezes them into a narrower and narrower area in the south and carries out mass massacres whenever it feels like it. Israel does not heed any measure, rule or law. The Zionist regime uses all the shameful methods of cruelty in the history of humanity, including bombing, firing on unarmed crowds, torture, massacre of prisoners, depriving people of food and water, obstruction of health services, deliberate destruction of living spaces, and deportation.

In the following document we, Marksist Tutum, present our perspectives and a general framework of our analyses of the political, economic and social developments in the world and Turkey, which will guide us in the period of struggle ahead.

The period of colonial expansionism of capitalism was accompanied by wars and territorial annexations driven by the ambition of the great powers to acquire ever larger colonies. The economic characteristic of this period was the increasing export of commodities to foreign markets, the import of cheap raw materials from the colonies and the desire to gain a dominant position in world trade. But with the rise of capitalism to the imperialist stage, the export of capital assumed great importance. However, commodity exports and world trade certainly continued to expand. Since, a capitalism without such elements is not possible. However, as the average rate of profit was falling in the advanced capitalist countries, capital began to flow into underdeveloped regions in search of more profitable investment areas, stimulating capitalist development in these regions.